Improvement in repeating fire-arms



H. J. DREW. Magazine Fire-Arm.

Patented March 14, 1871.

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HENRY J. DREW, OF DIXON, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN REPEATING FIRE-ARMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 112,564, dated March14, 1871.

Tocll whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. DREW, of Dixon, in the county of Lee andState of lllinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inRepeating Fire-Arms; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing, making a part of this specification, in which-Figures 1 and 2 are different sectional elevations of the mechanism ot'aWinchester riiie and of my improvement, showing the connection of thelatter with the former; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofthe slidingcover.

My invention pertains to improvement in the arrangement and method ofsecuring slidbreech-loading tire-arms.

My coveris designed for special application to what is known as theWinchester ritle; 7 and consists in a perforated spring-plate arrangedto slide on the iiat upper side ot' the breechpiece, and secured to thetubular block forming part of the breech-pin, as hereinafter more fullydescribed.

Referring to the drawing', a, is the sliding breech-pin of a W'inchesterritle, which, with its coactive mechanism, it is unnecessary here todescribe. b is a block, which forms a part of and projects upward fromthe breech-pin into a slot, c, made lengthwise of the upper side of thebreech. d is a sliding cover, in which is an orifice, through which,when the cover is applied to the block b, the latter eX- cover.

tends, the cover being fastened to the block by a screw running into thelatter. By this or other suitable means the cover d is connected withthe breech-pin and moves backward and forward with the latter, the coverextending nearly as far forward as, the pin, so as to close the chamberin which the cartridgebearer c is located when the pin is in positionproper for discharging the piece.

When the pin is moved backward by throwing the trigger-guard downward,the cover moves backward with it.

r[The cartridge-bearer is elevated by the same motion of thetrigger-guard so far that the two sides of the former extend above theltop of the breech, and the cartridge-bearer remains in this positionduring nearly the whole of the forward movement of the pin and Thelatter is therefore formed with groovesIin its under side, which groovesride over the sides of the cartridge-bearer as the cover traversesforward.

Having thus described my' invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The grooved cover d, arranged to slide 011 the dat upper surface of thebreech-piece, in combination with the projection I), formed in one piecewith the recoil-block of the breech or tiring pin, as set forth.

' HENRY J. DREW. Witnesses:

GEORGE L. HOWELL, J. C. AYREs.

